Woven-wire conveyer.



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I WOVEN WIRE CONVEYER. APPLICATION man 111mm. um.

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Wire conveyer especially adapted for v OEILIE EMBEET BUCK, OE KOKOMIO,INDKANA,

uuzamw Specificetice oi Letters liatcnt. Pafijfiimtaqh Apr, ll ifi s Application filed 2112.3; 14.6, 191?. Serial No. 38718231 To all whorl-2 may concern Be known that ."Z, GLLIE HALeeici Boos, a citizen of the United States, and e resident of Kolromo county of Howard, and State of lndiana, have invented a certain new anduseful WovenW fire Conveyor; and I do hereoy declare that the following is a full, clear and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer tolike.

and eliminate the projecting loops, knots end rough ends of the Wire mesh so as to prevent any tearing or snagging. Yzleretofore bordered conveyers have not been used owing to the fact that they would not" give or yield, While the Wire mesh'would stretch and yield so that the conveyor would practieeily run on its cable border. The border cableelsocwould not permit of the stretching of the conveyor and would not allow for the contraction and expansion thereof. It has, therefore, always been impractical to use bordered tables with the result that the Woven Wire conveyers. lied ragged edges which had a tendency to stretch more than the interior portion so as to permit objects to fall thereirom. By-means of the pre ent invention the disadvantages ofthe borderless conveyors have been. overcome and the belting stlehgtlgened. while at the same time the stretching, contraction and expansion thereof is permitted and an even ten-- slon maintained.

The full iiattu'e of the invention will be understood 'ifrom the accompanying dravvlogs and the following description end claims.

Figaro 1 is e perspective view of e flexiole Woven wire conveyor. Fi 2 is e plan view showing on enlerged portion of the loorder of the conveyor.

he the drawings there is shown s flexible along each.

i when jtlous Woven Wirev conve er composed 01% e Wire mesh 10 Woven in l is form of a belt which is adopted to pass around the (ii-um ll so es to set as an endless conveyor for geuerel com o I veyihg purposes. Woven into the Wire so as to be secured thereto and extending border thereof there are coil. spring cables 12 joined at their ends threaded studs 13 so as endless. The construction of the coil spring borders are such that they will maintain an even tension with the Wire mesh conveyei and While they strengthen said conveyer they will stretch therewith and permit of any cone 3 traction or ez ipansion thereof. At the same time they Wlll give a smooth finish to the conveyor and prevent the edges thereoffrom' drooping or sagging so that s substantially smooth and level surface may be mainteined. "a

The cables 12 are secured to the Wire mesh 10 by extending the end of each ire be-- yond the cable and then bending solid Wire around the cable until the free end of the mesh Wire is positioned at the inside of the cable and in alinemeot with the Wire mesh forming the belt; The bendin of the end of the Wire around the cable orms a loop on each end section of each transversely extending wire-Which is extended through c or interwoven with the loop or bent over portion of the next succeeding wire, thereby not only securing the cables along the of the Wire mesh the ends of the Wires together, and by extending the free ends of each Wire to the inside of the cable, an absolutely finished edge is provided for the belt. "lheflires forming the mesh or belt are also prefe 'ebly so constructed, that when interwoven with e each other theend-of one Wire will pass over one face of thebelt, While the end oi? the next succeeding who will pass to the opposite side of the-belt, so that said ends bent over" extend in opposite direc to each other, thus avoiding any possibility of the cables becoming disengaged from the belt, should" the bentover ends on one face of the belt become straightened out,

The invention claimed is:

1. An endless conveyor formed of streods of Wire interwoven with-each other to for-m e mesh a coiled spring cable at each edge of the nati e or, the ends of the wires formin the mes sold loops extended around said cahles the looyced portion of one wire being interwoven,

to make the hordei's or belt but interlocking til bein formed into loops and 1 with he Eooped gmrbion of the adjacent wire and threaded studs :umpi'ed 10 be screwed inio the wee 5 ends of said cables to fol-m an). endless structure,

An emiiess eeuveyer formed of strands of wire interwoven iogethez' to form a yielding: and piiable 1.119511, an endless, yielding cable 21$ each edge of said coiweyer, the ends of the wires forming the mesh being bent around said eubies the end one Wire extending in no opposice direction to 'the end of the next succeeding Wire, said ends ing interwoven with the looped portion of the next, succeeding Wire and threaded studs mlnpted 110 be screwed into the meeting ends ofi said cables to form an endless stme- 4. vul'fiu fixed my signature.

OLLIE HALBERT BUCK.

In witness whereof I have hereunto a'f- 

